RAID-10
A RAID-10 is an example of a dual-level array and is created by
using two or more equal-sized RAID-1s to create a RAID-0.
Drive
The top level RAID-0 shares the load among the second level
RAID-1s, improving both read and write performance. Since
second level arrays are RAID-1, only half the total capacity of the
drives in the array is available.
RAID-1
Data 0
Data 2
Top-Level Arrays
Data 4
Data 6
Drive
Data 0
Data 0
Data 2
Data 2
Data 4
Data 4
Data 6
Data 6
Second-Level Arrays
RAID-10
RAID-1
Data 1
Data 3
Data 5
Data 7
Drive
Data 1
Data 3
Data 5
Data 7
Introduction
Drive
Data 1
Data 3
Data 5
Data 7
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